Ohio owner says caged lion was freed ; no one hurt

FAIRFIELD BEACH, Ohio (AP) — A man who had cared for the creatures released and killed in Ohio’s headline-making exotic animal escape in 2011 says someone intentionally freed his 400-pound lion from its cage.

Fairfield County sheriff’s Lt. Tim Voris tells the Zanesville Times Recorder that a neighbor of owner John Moore found the 2-year-old lioness in his yard Sunday and called authorities. Voris says the lion, named Nadia, went back into her kennel when Moore arrived. No one was hurt.